Purge Silicon Valley

I had a talk with some friends about how the game industry has been heading in the past twenty years, and we came to a conclusion that the industry is shit because of the stagnation and the elitism of Silicon Valley. Every main job and journalist are in this place, and it is considered the stronghold of the industry itself. You cannot make it in the industry except by following the rules set forth by this community.

So we believed that the solution to fixing the industry requires at least upsetting the stability of SV itself. It is detrimental to the entertainment industry and is causing mayhem globally. Even Nintendo listens to the whims of the narrative from this place nowadays. It's a sad state of affairs.

that's what you get when your industry is based in fucking california of all places

Sorry I don't speak sjw. But I bought you this shiny new fedora with +22 in women studies.

It's funny cause the industry use to be spread out all over the country and in several other countries. Hello, PA and AZ use to be holders of astounding companies. Texas is probably the only state left to house a powerhouse of studios, and that's entirely because of Gearbox and ID. Without them, CA and WA would be the only forces in America's game industry.

The problem is the people who genuinely care about the medium rarely make it to a level where they can directly influence and interact with the medium.

And thats mostly because of two things, however

>there's a wall you have to get through that requires a lot of luck, ass kissing, and being in SV itself. This already locks out most of the world from getting into the industry to begin with. There's a reason that most people say that if you want to get your game noticed, you have to live in either WA or CA.
>The second reason, some people just don't have the means to show their work, whether through not having a sense of business or just not having the chance to do number one

We use to hold fucking conferences in states other than CA, but now look where a majority of them take part out of. Or did you think GDC Austin disappeared because they "gave up?"

Why not get the band together?

If you're in another part of the country, get a pack of losers with you, and get started. Even if one guy is going distribution, it's going to start really mattering.

You guys may hate "liberals" but punk rock's DIY Ethic is something everyone should strive to achieve.

I can help you fight this cancer but first we gotta understand it, what is it? is it a place? is it a group? who runs this shit? who is part of it?
how does it works? why should it fail? how can it fail?
what can we do?

I am always up i just need motivation.

Don't worry Texas state has been steadily poaching companies with subsidies for companies moving into their state + lower taxes. Imagine Commiefornian surprise when their economy goes to shit after they finally get what they always wanted and leave the union, only to see all their industry vanish to other states and they're stuck with pozzed san fran fags and Los Zetas

All those losers are drunk on the whole SV juice, too.

I live in Texas. Gearbox and ID are as SV as they come. Look at fucking Quakecon. All the greats have been kicked out, and there's nothing but an extension of SV AAA typical bullshit. What a disgrace it has been. There's no one wanting to get out cause they're all too drunk. I've tried to redpill a lot of these dudes, but all they say to me is

>This is the way things are. We can't topple over someone that big.

Every company behind every game released in the last ten years is who we have to dethrone. Yes, this includes your precious CD Projekt. But you can't topple people this big without manpower or money. That's why it's frustrating.

With the Trump presidency about to cut off Sanctuary cities and colleges, California is going to get hit hard.

this country would be a lot better off if some sandies "religion of peaced" the whole of SV

Don't worry about toppling it, just worry about doing your own thing, regardless of those assholes.

You can't topple them, but you can take it away.

I smell a new buzzword

It's easy to say than doing. What is "taking away?" The only way to take away something is to have something the rest of the country both sees and want. The video game industry runs entirely on hype. Even back in the 80s and 90s, it took a large amount of marketing and brainwashing to get people onboard that video games were a good thing. There's a reason people don't go outside anymore, though technology also has much to blame for this. And SV isn't exactly about humanitarian gains or anyone outside their bubble. Another example of shit we don't need: Uber. Uber absolutely sucks for larger cities where everything is far apart.

I'm working to move to Silicon Valley.

I want to be part of the excitement.

Stay away from there, user. They're the cancer of the industry.

But they make so much money.

My friend is working there at google and having a blast. I want to go there, at least while the Canadian dollar is in the toilet.

I can tell you this as a forecaster: SV is about to go to shit with the political shift. You're better off staying in the red states and joining companies there.

As a Canadian I worry about prejudice from the red states.

How would I do in somewhere like Texas?

That's not true, a lot of devs are in Irvine, Texas, New York, etc
or and the whole of Japan

>prejudice

No one is going to fucking care. Don't let the media fool you. Texas is racist, and so is the rest of the world. canadians are considered white as far as all of us are concerned.

>how dare some people have diferent opinions than me
Calm down pal, you sound like a SJW, if you really wanna change shit why dont you make your own non cuck games? it worked for the SJW and now they are backed by giant studios and the MSM narrative.

Nothing is stopping you and your pals from creating a game without place for PC bullshit

NY is also SV, but a small part of it. Gearbox/ ID control Texas. And Irvine just houses a Blizzard studio, which is mostly for PR and location reasons. These aren't a lot of devs, but the only spots of power outside SV.

Oh good, because I am white.

Will be nice to see some people who's eyes aren't slanty.

I won't write off texas yet.

What excitement? it's boring as shit now you fucking idiot

it's a bunch of asian codemonkeys now, it's not the hip white dudes from the midwest setting up shop to change the world anymore like you think

Also they don't make much money because taxes & other costs are so high

No one is arguing sjw in games. We're just arguing how shitty and stagnant the industry has become because of these people keeping the industry on golden scales that has killed everyone else around them.

>Also they don't make much money because taxes & other costs are so high
this

>be invited to join Sony
>but they live in one of the most expensive places ever, so I'd have to commute for at least an hour to live somewhere to acatually save money

Yeah fuck that.

Too bad the top executives at GB are fucking SJW even though they live in DFW.

it's people on the left who want to put their nose in your business and oust you for wrongthink. the only ones on the right who give a shit are the religious right and they're a shrinking minority.

I plan on moving near by, I wanna move to NV and start my own studio there, there are literally no opportunities here in the south. Not even a single school in my state offers any sort of game design degree

Oh I know. Quakecon showed enough.

>Not even a single school in my state offers any sort of game design degree
you dumb fuck. get a CS or CE degree if you actually want to do game design

OK, go for it. let me know how you do.

That's the problem. no one really has the power to do anything except someone in power themselves but that requires that they actually see a problem with their luxurious life of power and influence.

>prejudice from the red states
That really is just the media lying to you.
People in red states are exceedingly hospitable to people, even most foreigners.
At best, you might see some rednecks wave a rebel flag sometimes, but that happens even in blue states.
You'll be fine in Texas, but stay the fuck away from the cities that hipsters from Cali are moving to. They're the worst parts of both the South and San Fran

What happened?

But yeah i know Pitchfraud is an SJW, but Id?

>Austin

Amen. A damn shame, too, UT use to be the hallmark of Southern college. Having all those libs infesting it really drives you up the wall, not to mention what they did to the city itself in the last ten years.

Where would be good for tech in texas to look?

I think I'm limited to big companies because they would need to sponsor a green card or something, but I really just like coding

Texas is going to be a major competitor for software development in the next 10 years.

A business-friendly government and a hotbet for creative talent, without the hardcore liberal atmosphere.

The only way to break the elitist stranglehold silicon valley has is through competition.

Texans only hate White people from California (& for good reason), they are cool with everyone else

DFW, Austin, Houston. You will get coding jobs in any of thouse cities, I personally recommend DFW.

Facebook is about to open up a office in Fort Worth I hope they don't fuck it up.

What is fun to do in Texas for someone who's never been to the south?

Are we re-defining terms now?

You only have blizz, gearbox, and id, but they are hard to get into nowadays since they have everything they need, and mostly operate themselves out of SV. Everything else in Texas is mostly the web tech, agriculture, and web tech business. In the cities, you can get a good IT or admin job if you know how to do database or security programming. Basically, a lot of boring, but stable jobs. But as far as game companies are concerned, good luck. Again, all the investment and power is held up in SV, so there hasn't been any growth or influence from anyone else.

This is partially why I don't follow the fighting game scene anymore, too. The coast cities have acces to better players and resources, and you had to go there if you wanted to even get at least good.

Fuck some whores.

I used to go to a guy's house in Dallas and play VF5 all day and get drunk.

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No I'm actually talking about jobs in texas.

Texans are mostly kind and hospitable.

You'll inevitably run into a few assholes and John Wayne's, but there isnt a place on earth that doesn't have these types of people.

Texas is also extremely large, the further west you go, you'll find that people become increasingly pleasant.

But it's true. The true liberals were the people who came from the midwest and conservative states, if history says anything. They were the ones with money and actually investing in things.

You're not welcome here.

Buy Cowboy boots

Can someone tell me what happened to Harvard and how it became so PC?

>go to texas
>food is terrible
>leave texas
everything is either fried or over seasoned

Jews

>not eating actual good food

What did you get fed, fast food shit? Cause we like to grill things down here. Our herbs are also one of the best in the world.

The Silicon Valley is part of the problem, but just taking it down won't solve everything.

Well yeah. You also have to do a major detoxxing to everyone who is deadset on the SV mindset, including globally. It's not something that can be done in a day. Unless the philosophy is true that something you spent decades building up can be destroyed in a day.

most of the game industry does not work at silicion valley
game journalists and trendy indie developers are not the game industry

A lot of the trending devs and journalists actually do work out out of SV, and if not, very close to it or in association with it. Go to Gamasutra, for instance, and you'll see all its affliates, writers, and everyone they put on a golden plate there. That site will give you a demonstration of how large SV's mindset is, and also how elitist, too.

It's just buttblasted Texans showing off their butthurt at California again. Just let them keep dreaming that texas will become the new Tech capital of the world.

Austin, as cancerous as it can be, is still miles better than the Valley

I hope you at least tried some BBQ

I work a medium-sized game company and this picture reminded me of a story

>Get hired on to QA Test, shit job but money is money
>Most of my coworkers are based and don't care
>Head of my department called me a 'slack jawed faggot' one day for drinking decaf coffee
>Maybe this won't be one of those terrible places to work
>Only six people on our team, we do mainly systems work so a lot of excel sheets and testing loot tables
>Writing position opens at the company
>Two of my coworkers from the team apply
>Guy worked there for over two years and his writing sample fit the tone and mythos of the game
>consists of a player finding a village under a weird demonic overlord, only to realize the people prefer it over being ruled over by the worse local governor despite how 'heretical' it may be for them
>Begs player to let them live as they are, regardless of how 'evil' it may be
>Good, gray-morality story filled with choices
>New female coworker who worked there for less than a month got the job
>Her writing sample consisted of a standard "girl warrior beating manly bandit while doing witty quips"
>No story, no choices, just a dumb one scene she seemed way too proud of
>She now does daily posts about 'fighting trump society' in her corner office while my coworker continues testing treasure chests

>texans being angry at CA ever

Top fucking kek. You actually believe this, you left thinking faggot. We were the ones who funding CA to begin with. What, you think CA's money came from itself? Think again. SV wouldnt have happened without us.

did you read my post?
game journalism isn't the game industry, they're a parastical marketing machine that matters much less than you think. You just think they matter because they're the face you see. They basically exist to market the games developers produce, of which there are some in SV yes but game industry is spread out over america, europe and japan and can't really be said to be centered in any one place.

I feel for you, user.

lel, Texans are constantly butthurt that superior Californians keep moving to their shithole en masse. It's like they like being fat and retarded.

your story sounds made up

>and can't really be said to be centered in any one place.
You're right, they aren't, but conceptionally, they are. That's why you have a lot of Japanese companies following the whims of the west than they did before. Because the west absolutely shut out creativity as the industry matured and budgets soared. It's a dog eat dog industry now and journalists are basically the heralds funded by top companies at this point.

Now for them moving here, I do agree.

He's not wrong. I've been to GDC and several SV meetings before. It's exactly this kind of environment.

Listen to this guy, a game design degree isn't worth the paper its printed on. Go into programming and computers in general. If you don't want to program you have to get a different broader degree that's well known. Like if you want to be a writer, don't get some "gaming fiction" degree.

>but conceptionally, they are.
no they aren't
and the japanese game industry is in almost crisis because of their lack of creativity, not the west
you're just making projections based on what you think sounds right and not actual knowledge or facts

The japanese industry has little to do with lack of creativity, cause creativity doesnt pay the bills. Shilling and following the trends do, and those trends are dictated by SV itself.

He can be a writer by getting a more productive degree. Writing is one of those things you can learn on your own. And a degree is just so you can get a good paying job if things dont work out. It says "Im competent and I can do things other than write."

Don't get a CS degree. It's fucking toilet paper. CE is the only way to go.

>dont get a CS degree

Keep that shit on Sup Forums. This is serious talk right now. And CS degree is more than fine.

Sadly that just how shit goes sometimes. Maybe I'm not giving her enough credit and possibly she really did nail the interview. Regardless, the girl was kind of annoying so I'm fine with her being promoted out.

Making a new type of game that does really well and dethrones the games people are already really bored of is what 'creativity' is and what japan fails to do. The western market becomes even more profitable with new game genres like mobas, which regardless of weather you like them or not, are an innovation which keeps people playing, brings more people in and makes more money. While japan shits out yet another final fantasy. And japan doesn't care (culturally) about anything that comes out of silicon valley either

I assure you was either or both the sjw quota being filled or there was some dick sucking going on.

t. CS cuck
You will be at a severe disadvantage over a computer engineer every time.

Does anyone have that picture of someone presenting a power point saying that being historically accurate is not an excuse to exclude certain people from games?

It doesnt matter how creative you are if your game doesnt get across the world to show its creativity. There's thousands of stories of people who made creative games that never took off cause they didnt have the right timing, marketing, or people to back them. And sometimes, a creative idea doesnt mean it was a good idea. That's the al mater here.

You're using a starving artist definition of creativity while I'm using a business definition of creativity. I mean creating a new, innovative game everyone wants to play and getting it across to the people. Japan keeps making the same things even Japanese people are getting sick of, therefore their industry is approaching crisis

> I mean creating a new, innovative game everyone wants to play

news flash, your innovative may actually be shit

You don't understand how bad it's getting.

what does that mean? I mean innovative in an objective sense, something new that appeals to alot of people

It means all innovative ideas are shit to begin with. That's something you have to realize in the game business.

is that supposed to sound smart
an idea is an idea, execution matters more

You're right. And innovation has nothing to do with execution. Angry Birds nor Candy Crush is a novel idea. They were just done at the right time and with the right execution.

the mobile game industry is closer to the casino games industry than it is to the real game industry

The console game industry is nowadays closer to the mobile game industry than an actual game industry.

Wresting control of the industry from the burger grease covered hands of Americans and back into its rightful titty groping Jap hands is the only way to save vidya. If vidya is controlled by the Japs, it will become uncool because Japan isn't cool anymore. The normies will leave. The money leaves. It will be rough but it can rebuild and only then, by burning it all down, can vidya be saved.

All of those companies will move to Austin or Dallas or something and the fags will just start colonizing Texas the way they have Colorado due to weed.

God help us

Is there something inherent to the west coast's geography or urban environment that makes them so attractive to video game developers? Those are some of the most expensive places to operate out of for businesses, let alone living in, it'd make more sense to be located elsewhere since they won't be dependent on physical trade.

Read up on the beginnings of SV, but long story short, all coastal cities have always been overrated cause they were the means of import and exports, and the cities wealth and prestige just grew up around that fact alone. It's the
go to the city to get rich" mentality that has been a part of America since forever.